Laia Anguix Vilches

Dr. Laia Anguix Vilches is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Art History at Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities, specializing in curatorial practices, institutional collecting, and museum inclusivity. She is currently part of Prof. Thijs Weststeijn's NWO-funded The Dutch Global Age project, examining the global curation of 17th-century Netherlandish art.

• Museum Studies
• Cultural Heritage
• Exhibition Design

Research Focus: Colonial histories in art, environmental responsibility in museum sponsorship, and pandemic-era museum adaptation. Her work combines primary source analysis, curator interviews, and quantitative methods.

Scientific Contributions: Grants from the Paul Mellon Centre and Slovak Ministry of Culture, board membership in the Museums and Galleries History Group. Her publications span the Journal of Design History, Journal of the History of Collections, and Museum History Journal.